Milwaukee showed its support for those who died as a result of the 9-11 attacks ten years ago with various events last weekend. The photo above was taken in front of the Milwaukee County Fire Department Headquarters, pictured are 343 individual firefighter equipped spots with names of each firefighter who died on 9-11-2001. Honor guards [...]

Two Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) members will receive the 2010 Humanitarian of the Year award at the 4th Annual “Building Homes, Rebuilding Lives” Gala hosted by Homes for Our Troops. Captains Dan Lipski and Brian McNulty will receive the award this Saturday, March 6, in Boston, MA . They were chosen for the award based [...]

Investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Milwaukee Police and Fire Departments and the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) announced today that ATF is posting a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the Jan 19 arson fire [...]

Police officers are not only the first line of defense against crime, fear and disorder, they are often the first resort for those in medical distress. Milwaukee Police Chief Edward A. Flynn accepted a donation of five Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) from Milwaukee law firm Hupy and Abraham, and from the family of attorney Michael [...]

This week, the Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD), in collaboration with the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD); Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the State Fire Marshal; and the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, announced the establishment of a Fire Investigation Task Force. The MFD will work closely with MPD to investigate all fire incidents which the damage to the property exceeds $500; injuries or loss of life which occur to occupants of emergency response personnel; the cause of fire is suspicious, incendiary or undetermined; the fire is a second alarm or higher; and/or anytime the MFD request the unit to arrive on scene…

A Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) Paramedic Lieutenant, Joshua Parish, helps a child escape the Mobile Survive Alive House as it fills with theatre smoke as part of a fire simulation. Approximately 75 children went through the fire simulation and other activities outlined for them this past Saturday at a Volunteer Respite Event that took place [...]